Of Glad Tidings: A Celebration of Christmas Music Across the Years

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1▼12" Vinyl: Medieval Carols
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A1Lux hodie: Orientis partibus
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
baritone vocals:
Geoffrey Shaw (bass-baritone vocalist)
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
partial recording of:
Lux hodie / Orientibus partibus / Deus in adjutorium / Solo de saz / Deus in adjurium (polyphonie)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street2:43
A2Resonemus laudibus
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
treble vocals:
Stephen Borton (treble vocals) and Paul Copcutt (treble vocals)
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
Resonemus laudibus
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street1:15
A3Verbum caro: In hoc anni circulo
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
In hoc anni circulo
written in:
Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine (New Aquitaine), France
writer:
Anonyme de Saint-Martial ([anonymous], special purpose artist)
recording of:
Verbum caro
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street2:49
A4Fines amourettes
bagpipe:
Lance-Sergeant Pirrie
recording of:
Fines amourettes (13th century christmas song)
Lance-Sergeant Pirrie1:36
A5Verbum patris hodie
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
Verbum Patris Hodie
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street1:02
A6Lullay, Lullow: I Saw a Sweete Seemly Sight
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
treble vocals:
Stephen Borton (treble vocals) and Paul Copcutt (treble vocals)
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
Carol: Lullay: I saw a swete semly syght (The New Oxford Book of Carols #24)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist) (from 1400 until 1500, from 1400-01-01 until 1500-12-31)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street3:03
A7Folget hodie de l'espine la flour
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
tenor vocals:
John Buttrey
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
Folget hodie de l'espine la flour (14th century christmas song)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street1:56
A8Now Make We Merthe: Now God Almighty
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
bass vocals:
Christopher Keyte (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
Now Make We Merthe: Now God Almighty (15th century christmas song)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street3:19
A9Noe, noe, noe psallite noe
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
Noe noe psallite noe
lyricist and composer:
Jean Mouton (French Renaissance composer)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street3:22
B1Nowell: The Borys Hede
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
Nowell: The Borys Hede (15th century christmas song)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street4:42
B2Pray for Us: In This Valey
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
Pray for Us: In This Valey (15th century christmas song)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street3:37
B3Verbum patris humanatur
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
bass vocals:
Christopher Keyte (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
Verbum patris umanatur O O
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Cambridge University Library MS Ff.I.17(1)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street1:28
B4Conditor fut le non-pareil
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
countertenor vocals:
D. Grayston Burgess (counter tenor / conductor)
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
Conditor fut le non-pareil (1520 christmas song)
writer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Conditor alme syderum
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street1:58
B5Nova, nova: Gabriell off hye degre
bagpipe:
Lance-Sergeant Pirrie
recording of:
Nova, nova: Gabriell off hye degre (15th century christmas song)
Lance-Sergeant Pirrie1:11
B6Nowell: Dieus vous garde
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
Nowell: Dieus vous garde (mid-15th century christmas song)
lyricist and composer:
Richard Smert (English priest & renaissance composer, fl. c. 1428-1477)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street3:46
B7Riu, riu, chiu: El lobo rabioso
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
bass vocals:
Geoffrey Shaw (bass-baritone vocalist)
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
Ríu, ríu, chíu
writer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist) (from 1500 until 1600)
composer:
Mateu Fletxa ("El Vell" or "El Viejo", Catalan renaissance composer)
part of:
Cancionero de Uppsala (number: 40)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street3:33
B8Verbum caro: Dies est laetitiae
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
Verbum caro
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street1:18
B9Joseph, lieber Joseph mein
brass:
London Brass Ensemble
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
heckelphone:
James MacGillivray
lute:
Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
oboe:
Michael Dobson (oboist)
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
psaltery:
Joan Rimmer
choir vocals:
Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street and The Purcell Consort of Voices
chorus master:
Michael Fleming (Hymn writer)
recording of:
Joseph, lieber Joseph mein (original version; use also for unknown settings)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Johann Walter (German / Lutheran composer & poet, c. 1496-1570)
The Purcell Consort of Voices / Boys Of All Saints, Margaret Street2:17
2▼12" Vinyl: Baroque Christmas Music
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C1Hodie christus natus est
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Hodie Christus natus est SWV 456
lyricist and composer:
Heinrich Schütz (composer)
part of:
Schütz-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: SWV 456)
Heinrich Schütz Choir6:01
C2Behold, I Bring You Glad Tidings
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
bass vocals:
Stafford Dean (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
countertenor vocals:
Paul Esswood (countertenor)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Behold, I bring you glad tidings, Z. 2
lyricist and composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 2)
Heinrich Schütz Choir4:21
C3Soberana Maria
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Soberana Maria (baroque christmas song)
lyricist and composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
Heinrich Schütz Choir10:20
C4Allelujah! Freuet euch ihr Christen alle
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
bass vocals:
Geoffrey Coleby
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
tenor vocals:
Jack Irons and David Johnston (English tenor)
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Allelujah! Freuet euch ihr Christen alle
lyricist and composer:
Andreas Hammerschmidt (17th century composer)
Heinrich Schütz Choir4:37
D1Noe, noe! Pastores, cantate domino
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
soprano vocals:
Hazel Holt
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Noe, noe! Pastores, cantate domino (baroque christmas song)
lyricist and composer:
Guillaume Bouzignac (compositeur français)
Heinrich Schütz Choir5:24
D2O magnum mysterium
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
O magnum mysterium à 8, Ch. 3
lyricist and composer:
Giovanni Gabrieli (composer)
part of:
Giovanni Gabrieli: A Thematic Catalogue of his Music with a Guide to the Source Materials and Translations of his Vocal Texts (Charteris [Ch.]) (number: Ch. 3)
part of:
Concerti di Andrea et di Giovanni Gabrieli
Heinrich Schütz Choir2:44
D3Ach herr, du schopfer aller ding
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Ach Herr, du Schöpfer aller Ding, SWV 450
lyricist and composer:
Heinrich Schütz (composer)
part of:
Schütz-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: SWV 450)
Heinrich Schütz Choir3:47
D4Christe, redemptor omnium
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Christe Redemptor omnium
lyricist and composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player)
Heinrich Schütz Choir4:26
D5Singt, ihr lieben Christen all
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
soprano vocals:
Hazel Holt and Maureen Keetch (soprano)
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Singt, ihr lieben Christen all
lyricist and composer:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist)
Heinrich Schütz Choir2:58
D6Angelus ad pastores ait
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Angelus ad pastores ait
lyricist and composer:
Hans Leo Hassler (latter 16th c. German composer and organist)
Heinrich Schütz Choir3:25
3▼12" Vinyl: Carols Newly Composed And Arranged
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E1I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
solo vocals:
Barbara Elsy (soprano) and Ian Partridge (tenor)
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships (arr. S. Preston)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
publisher:
Novello & Co. Ltd.
arrangement of:
I Saw Three Ships
The Elizabethan Singers1:47
E2The First Christmas
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
The First Christmas
lyricist:
Elizabeth Fleming
composer:
Peter Racine Fricker (composer)
part of:
Two Carols
The Elizabethan Singers3:05
E3Deck the Hall
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Deck the Hall (arr. Hugo Cole)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Hugo Cole
The Elizabethan Singers2:08
E4Dormi Jesu
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Dormi Jesu
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (English composer)
The Elizabethan Singers1:22
E5Here We Come A-Wassailing
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
arranger:
John Joubert
recording of:
Here We Come A-wassailing
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (in 1850)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 209)
The Elizabethan Singers1:25
E6Our Lady's Song
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Our Lady's song
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Nicholas Maw (in 1961)
The Elizabethan Singers1:20
E7Unto Us Is Born a Son
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
arranger:
Thomas Eastwood
recording of:
Unto Us is born a Son (carol)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
The Elizabethan Singers1:56
E8There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
There is no Rose of Such Virtue
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
John Joubert
The Elizabethan Singers2:18
E9We Wish You a Merry Christmas
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. John Gardner)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
John Gardner (British composer)
The Elizabethan Singers1:18
F1Silent Night
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Silent Night
lyricist:
W G Rothery
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author)
arranger:
Alan Ridout
The Elizabethan Singers3:01
F2The Boar's Head Carol
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
arranger:
Malcolm Williamson (Australian composer active in Britain)
recording of:
The Boar's Head Carol
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
The Elizabethan Singers2:52
F3Balulalow
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Balulalow
lyricist:
James Wedderburn, John Wedderburn and Robert Wedderburn
composer:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
The Elizabethan Singers1:14
F4Out of Your Sleep Arise
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Out of Your Sleep Arise
lyricist:
14th century ([traditional], special purpose artist)
composer:
Anthony Milner
The Elizabethan Singers1:59
F5Ecce puer
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
solo vocals:
Susan Longfield and Ian Partridge (tenor)
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Ecce puer
lyricist:
James Joyce (Irish writer)
composer:
Bernard Naylor
The Elizabethan Singers2:42
F6What Cheer?
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
What cheer?
lyricist:
Richard Hill (16th century london grocer)
composer:
William Walton (British composer and conductor) (in 1961)
The Elizabethan Singers2:41
F7From Heaven Winging
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
From Heaven Winging
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Basil Ramsey (organist)
translator:
Laurence Swinyard
The Elizabethan Singers1:57
F8Welcome Yule!
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Welcome Yule!
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
John Joubert
The Elizabethan Singers2:19
F9Ave Maria-Hail, Blessed Flower
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Ave Maria-Hail, Blessed Flower
lyricist:
medieval English ([traditional], special purpose artist)
composer:
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (English composer and conductor)
part of:
Works of Peter Maxwell Davies by opus number (number: op. 17)
The Elizabethan Singers1:47
F10The First Nowell
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
John Gardner (British composer)
The Elizabethan Singers4:09

Credits

Release

liner notes:F. Ll. Harrison
Derek McCulloch (countertenor & liner notes)

Release group

includes:A Baroque Christmas by Heinrich Schütz Choir, Roger Norrington (conductor)